BAKU: U.S. Deputy Secretary Of State To Tour Azerbaijan And Armenia

U.S. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE TO TOUR AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIA

Baku Today, Azerbaijan
March 9 2006

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State on Europe and Eurasia, Daniel Fried,
will visit Azerbaijan next week. The exact date of the visit is still
to be defined, the US embassy in Baku told Trend.

U.S. Ambassador Steven Mann, the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair, will
accompany the Deputy Secretary of State in this tour.

Moreover, spokesman for the US Department of State, Sean McCormak
announced that along with Azerbaijan Fried will also visit Armenia.

One of the objectives of the visit is to discuss the results of
the results of the recent meeting of the Azerbaijani and Armenian
presidents in Paris.